Tallahassee, FL -(AmmoLand.com)- On Tuesday, Oct 20th, the Senate Criminal Justice Committee will hear two Pro-Second Amendment Bills, SB 300 by Sen. Gaetz and SB 344 by Sen. Bradley, details to follow in coming days.
For now, please Sign the Petition to legalize Open Carry in Florida. Open Carry is legal in most of the country. Most often open carry is practiced in very innocuous ways.
For example, a concealed carrier who leaves their coat off while pumping gas or the hiker who openly carries in the field. Florida’s Open Carry ban is so strict that it would be illegal for a concealed carry licensee to take off a jacket at a friend’s house if doing so exposed a holstered handgun.
There are other times when a law-abiding gun owner may choose to carry openly rather than concealed. Late at night while getting cash at a ATM, while working outdoors on someone’s property during the summer, or even just running an errand without needing to re-dress to fully conceal a handgun.
Regardless of motivation, or even in cases of accidental exposure, Florida’s Licensees have proven that they use good judgement when they carry and should not face criminal prosecution for not hiding their firearms.
About Florida Carry, Inc.:
Florida Carry, Inc. is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization dedicated to advancing the fundamental rights of all Floridians to keep and bear arms for self-defense as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Sections 2 and 8 of the Florida Constitution. Florida Carry stands to represent our supporters, members, and millions of defensive arms owners of Florida. We are not beholden to any national organization’s agenda that may compromise that mission. Florida Carry works tirelessly toward striking down ill-conceived gun and weapons control laws that have been proven to provide safe havens to criminals and be deadly to law-abiding citizens.
For more information, please visit www.FloridaCarry.org.
florida sb140 openly carry a handgun was filed today about 4:02pm 12-9-2016
We are on our way gentlemen!
Well in florida its gotta be approved by portilla out of miami to be heard in the criminal justice committee which is the reason why it died last time because he told the miami herald it is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN which means he dont give a ratts ass about the florida citizens and what we want and need.Its not right if we put our trust in them yhen why dont they trust us.If they are not going to work with us then they need to step down and elect someone that will,even the worst cities in other states have… Read more »
Why not petition for constitutional carry? It would solve the issues of open and conceal carry options. Besides you can not tax or fee a right. Federal laws are written. But legislatures forget that because liberals say the 2A is different. If a gay man can marry another man as a right. I should have the right to carry how I want when I want. Rights don’t change because politicians say it should. Stop infringing on our right to bear arms.
The server at Change.org is malfunctioning, or so it says. I’m skeptical. I’ve signed petitions aplenty there, and this never happened before.
I agree that the right to openly carry MUST be preserved.
Luckily, my home state (Oklahoma) approves/allows open carry (at least, by licensees). Although I personally choose not to carry openly as a regular/consistent habit – I consider the drawbacks to be too substantial – that specific choice must be legally available to every law-abiding adult citizen.
For most citizens with concealed carry permits, it isn’t neccessary to carry openly. I have had on occasion when my weapon was inadvertantly exposed and subjected me to becoming a criminal by accident. I agree that open carry will eliminate that from happening.
I think this is a great idea.
It would make the bad guy think twice before committing a crime